*For a tired, jaded and in many cases impoverished electorate, MMT appears to offer a route out of the era of endless pessimism delivered by the mainstream parties. But as Panmure’s French argues, even MMT cannot defy the economic laws of gravity forever. One day, sure as night and day, all those trillions of pounds of debts do have to be paid back.*

On Zack Polanski’s Magic Money Tree, economic gravity simply doesn’t exist — The Standard

The Green Party leader thinks Modern Monetary Theory is a cure for Britain’s woes — others see it as snake oil at best, writes Jonathan Prynn